| Game |
| Result | Moves |
Year | Event/Locale | Opening |
| 1. Lasker vs H Holmes |
 | ½-½ | 28 | 1898 | Lasker Simul 25b, Manchester | C54 Giuoco Piano |
| 2. E Parker vs H Holmes |
| 0-1 | 13 | 1905 | Durham - Lancashire corr m | C78 Ruy Lopez |
| 3. P F Blake vs H Holmes |
| 1-0 | 27 | 1905 | Liverpool | C77 Ruy Lopez |
| 4. J Mortimer vs H Holmes |
| 1-0 | 31 | 1905 | BCF-ch 2nd First Class A | C56 Two Knights |
| 5. T Kelly vs H Holmes |
 | 0-1 | 39 | 1906 | Lancashire Championship | D60 Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox Defense |
| 6. H Holmes vs P R England |
 | 0-1 | 30 | 1907 | Lancashire ch | D60 Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox Defense |
| 7. H Holmes vs G H Wolbrecht |
| ½-½ | 44 | 1907 | 9th Anglo-American Cable Match | D53 Queen's Gambit Declined |
| 8. W Palmer vs H Holmes |
| 1-0 | 22 | 1907 | British Championship, London | D32 Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch |
| 9. R Michell vs H Holmes |
| 0-1 | 40 | 1907 | British Championship, London | D31 Queen's Gambit Declined |
| 10. G Wainwright vs H Holmes |
| 1-0 | 39 | 1907 | British Championship, London | D51 Queen's Gambit Declined |
| 11. H Holmes vs Blackburne |
| 0-1 | 40 | 1907 | British Championship, London | A84 Dutch |
| 12. H Atkins vs H Holmes |
| 1-0 | 35 | 1907 | British Championship, London | C78 Ruy Lopez |
| 13. H Holmes vs H W Shoosmith |
| 1-0 | 22 | 1907 | British Championship, London | D32 Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch |
| 14. H Holmes vs T Kelly |
| 0-1 | 39 | 1907 | British Championship, London | D61 Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox, Rubinstein Attack |
| 15. H Holmes vs S Stadelman |
| ½-½ | 56 | 1909 | 11th Anglo-American Cable Match | D51 Queen's Gambit Declined |
| 16. H Jacobs vs H Holmes |
| 1-0 | 26 | 1909 | British Championship, Scarborough | C31 King's Gambit Declined, Falkbeer Counter Gambit |
| 17. J Blake vs H Holmes |
| ½-½ | 52 | 1909 | British Championship, Scarborough | C27 Vienna Game |
| 18. H Holmes vs W Ward |
| 0-1 | 65 | 1909 | British Championship, Scarborough | D50 Queen's Gambit Declined |
| 19. H Atkins vs H Holmes |
| 1-0 | 38 | 1909 | British Championship, Scarborough | C49 Four Knights |
| 20. H Holmes vs A J Mackenzie |
| 0-1 | 27 | 1909 | British Championship, Scarborough | D52 Queen's Gambit Declined |
| 21. F J Lee vs H Holmes |
| 0-1 | 41 | 1909 | British Championship, Scarborough | D02 Queen's Pawn Game |
| 22. H Holmes vs Yates |
| 1-0 | 30 | 1909 | British Championship, Scarborough | D50 Queen's Gambit Declined |
| 23. R Michell vs H Holmes |
| ½-½ | 65 | 1909 | British Championship, Scarborough | C84 Ruy Lopez, Closed |
| 24. G Wainwright vs H Holmes |
| 1-0 | 44 | 1909 | British Championship, Scarborough | C45 Scotch Game |
| 25. H Holmes vs Blackburne |
| 0-1 | 60 | 1909 | British Championship, Scarborough | A43 Old Benoni |
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